Last year proved to be an exceptionally warm summer in the Arctic as Greenland lost 600 billion tons of ice, which is enough to hike the global sea levels by 2.2 millimeters in two months, according to the study.

“We knew this past summer had been particularly warm in Greenland, melting every corner of the ice sheet, but the numbers are enormous,” said lead author Isabella Velicogna, an Earth system science professor at the University of California at Irvine and a senior scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in a news release. The mass loss from Greenland alone was enough to raise global sea levels by 2.2 millimeters, the study found.

If you live in or visited Southern California during the winter, you have likely caught a beautiful sunset or two. They can be mesmerizing, but what makes them look so beautiful?

A professor from a local university spends his time enjoying sunsets.

“They can be glorious.”

University of California Irvine Professor Charlie Zender says you will find the most glorious SoCal sunsets during the winter.

Machine learning Earth system model projects growth in lower latitudes by 2100

UCI glaciologists play key roles on international assessment team

New findings will help scientists predict climate change impact on frozen continent

By hoarding water underground, vegetation will help saturate soil, boosting rain runoff

Dr Melinda Nicewonger loves to engage with people and she loves her work as a earth systems scientist; looking at oceans, atmosphere and land as an inter-disciplinary system. In this podcast she describes her multiple research trips to Antarctica (collecting ice core samples) and her current postdoctoral fellowship at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Boulder, Colorado. She’s a terrific role model for UCI graduate students!